EN-ABLE

The EN-ABLE Project addressed the target area 'Behaviour Management' in residential aged/dementia care. It supported a key national health priority, 'Promoting and Maintaining Good Health' and the Department of Health and Ageing reform agenda 'Encouraging Best Practices in Residential Aged Care'. The aim of this project was to skill residential care staff to respond in person-cented, evidence-based ways to need-driven behaviours (NDBs), variously referred to as behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSDs) and Unmet Need Behaviours (UNBs) in the literature. The central project goal was to implement and evaluate the EN-ABLE education and training in residential aged/dementia care through an empowering staff support process.